The thoughts, opinions, scooter adventures, and occasional short fiction of a Geezer on a scooter

MAINE: my final frontier. These are the voyages of the Scooter Vespa 250 i.e. Super. Its continuing mission - to explore America's most heavily forested state - to roam the vast coastline, numberless lakes, and mighty mountains. To boldly go where no scooter has gone before!

Monday, April 11, 2011

...and the beaches aren't crowded today

From my Vespa's parking place to the upper right corner of this photo, taken at Camp Ellis, Maine's longest stretch of sandy beaches runs for seven miles. Remember this picture; when I return in midsummer, there will not be a place to park a scooter, or room to plant an umbrella, near any of Maine's beaches.

Higgin's Beach in Scarborough is the most popular surfing site in Maine. And when the temperature rises above 60 degrees - which it does for several days every summer - this beautiful stretch of sand just south of Portland will resemble a Woodstock concert crowd.

A couple of kids sit on a Civil War cannon at Fort Allen Park in Portland, as Dad relaxes.

In a late March photo, Old Orchard Beach seagulls are being fed French fries from the only restaurant open before the tourists pour in, and the scavenger gulls enjoy a summer-long buffet.

1 comment:

Good to know the weather is warming and you are out and about on the Vespa. It wasn't so long ago that Kim and I were standing on that exact spot at Orchard Beach in a pouring rain. Got some good pictures that day. Would have been much better if a scooter was involved.

About Me

Following a life of jumping from job to job, from profession to profession, I've discovered that I was created to be retired.
Being retired means having time to read and write, cook for my wife, and ride my Vespa GTS 250.